Sunday, April 12, 2009

Ya-ha-ha! I'll bet some of you out there thought I'd dropped off the edge of the earth.

With the workload I wrestled with the past several weeks, I wonder if that wouldn't have been preferable. After many candle-burning nights, the hiring of four new employees, and several impossible deadlines, I'm finally back to posting -- however brief this hiatus will be.

So, I'm going to tease you with mere glimpses of the strip-down the Laura Hawkins house took. Stay tuned, and I'll treat you to the full monty in my next post...

Glimpses of Laura's petticoat...

OMIGOD. Are those palladium windows?Bob Yapp is doing the honors.

No area went untouched.Smart, mask-covered volunteers work this side of the house.

That petticoat looks better and better.

And better...

Hmmm... Not so better.I wonder how close this fire came to doing Laura in.

Easy does it.This curved glass window is irreplaceable.

Just another day in this sooo ripe-for restoration neighborhood.

Well readers, I've given away too much already. Stay tuned next week for pics on the porch removal and the full monty.

About Me

We are a couple of ex-Seattle urbanites who'd fallen in love with the town of Hannibal, Missouri. We're very busy with our professional lives conducting our businesses online. When we're not on the computer, we work on our properties and experience the joys of small town living.
"Raising Laura" is a phrase we've coined to describe our efforts in restoring the Laura Hawkins house (the green one on the right). This was the final residence of Laura Hawkins. Laura was a friend and childhood sweetheart of Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain). She later became the role model for Becky Thatcher in Twain's infamous book "Tom Sawyer".